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/ Management:     How many feet do mice have?                                  \
| Reply:          Mice have four feet.                                         |
| M:      Elaborate!                                                           |
| R:      Mice have five appendages, and four of them are feet.                |
| M:      No discussion of fifth appendage!                                    |
| R:      Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet; one is a tail.     |
| M:      What?  Feet with no legs?                                            |
| R:      Mice have four legs, four feet, and one tail per unit-mouse.         |
| M:      Confusing -- is that a total of 9 appendages?                        |
| R:      Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per body.   |
| M:      Does not fully discuss the issue!                                    |
| R:      Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail.  Each leg       |
|         is equipped with a foot at the end opposite the body; the tail       |
|         is not equipped with a foot.                                         |
| M:      Descriptive?  Yes.  Forceful NO!                                     |
| R:      Allotment of appendages for mice will be:  Four foot-leg assemblies, |
|         one tail.  Deviation from this policy is not permitted as it would   |
|         constitute misapportionment of scarce appendage assets.              |
| M:      Too authoritarian; stifles creativity!                               |
| R:      Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg joined     |
|         integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system.  Also       |
|         attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, non-functional and  |
|         ornamental in nature.                                                |
| M:      Too verbose/scientific.  Answer the question!                        |
\ R:      Mice have four feet.                                                 /
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